2017 German Darts Grand Prix

2017 German Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates	8–10 September 2017
Venue	Maimarkthalle
Location	Mannheim
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	160 Tony Martinez (second round)
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«Event 9 Event 11»

The 2017 German Darts Grand Prix was the tenth of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Maimarkthalle, Mannheim, Germany, between 8–10 September 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen won the tournament, defeating Rob Cross 6–3 in the final.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£25,000
Runner-up	(1)	£10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£6,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£4,000
Third round losers	(8)	£3,000
Second round losers	(16)	£2,000
First round losers	(16)	£1,000
Total	£135,000

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 June automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 4 August), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 31 August), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 31 August), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 11 August) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 26 August).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (winner)
2. Peter Wright (second round)
3. Mensur Suljović (third round)
4. Simon Whitlock (semi-finals)
5. Michael Smith (quarter-finals)
6. Daryl Gurney (third round)
7. Alan Norris (second round)
8. Kim Huybrechts (second round)
9. Jelle Klaasen (quarter-finals)
10. Benito van de Pas (semi-finals)
11. Ian White (quarter-finals)
12. Joe Cullen (third round)
13. Dave Chisnall (second round)
14. Rob Cross (runner-up)
15. Mervyn King (second round)
16. Gerwyn Price (third round)

UK Qualifier

• Robert Owen (first round)
• Andy Boulton (first round)
• Darren Webster (third round)
• Steve Beaton (first round)
• Jamie Bain (second round)
• Andrew Gilding (first round)
• Kyle Anderson (third round)
• Jamie Lewis (second round)
• Mickey Mansell (first round)
• Keegan Brown (second round)
• Paul Rowley (first round)
• Jamie Caven (second round)
• Mick Todd (first round)
• Nathan Aspinall (third round)
• James Richardson (first round)
• Richard North (second round)
• Mick McGowan (second round)
• Ryan Meikle (first round)

West/South European Qualifier

• Dirk van Duijvenbode (first round)
• Zoran Lerchbacher (first round)
• Vincent van der Voort (quarter-finals)
• Ronny Huybrechts (third round)
• Jermaine Wattimena (second round)
• Michael Plooy (first round)
• Jan Dekker (second round)
• Tony Martinez (second round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Michael Hurtz (first round)
• Max Hopp (first round)
• Bernd Roith (first round)
• Martin Schindler (first round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Daniel Larsson (second round)

East European Qualifier

• Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 8 September					Second round (best of 11 legs) 9 September					Third round (best of 11 legs) 10 September					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 10 September					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 10 September					Final (best of 11 legs) 10 September
						1	Michael van Gerwen 111.33	6
	Richard North 86.54		6				Richard North 79.50	0
											1	van Gerwen 98.68	6
	Mick Todd 86.21		3
											16	Price 93.40	2
						16	Gerwyn Price 91.44	6
	Robert Owen 103.23		4				Krzysztof Ratajski 89.89	3
																1	van Gerwen 102.56	6
	Krzysztof Ratajski 95.64		6
																9	Klaasen 92.82	1
						8	Kim Huybrechts 96.45	4
	Kyle Anderson 101.44		6				Kyle Anderson 102.17	6
												Anderson 88.09	1
	Dirk van Duijvenbode 100.85		4
											9	Klaasen 92.58	6
						9	Jelle Klaasen 84.54	6
	Steve Beaton 89.42		4				Jamie Bain 93.58	4
																					1	van Gerwen 100.20	6
	Jamie Bain 90.63		6
																					4	Whitlock 92.10	0
						5	Michael Smith 90.26	6
	Jamie Lewis 94.89		6				Jamie Lewis 99.57	5
											5	Smith 89.46	6
	Andy Boulton 95.60		5
											12	Cullen 86.04	1
						12	Joe Cullen 108.30	6
	Paul Rowley 83.70		3				Tony Martinez 93.00	3
																5	Smith 90.46	1
	Tony Martinez 93.04		6
																4	Whitlock 85.66	6
						4	Simon Whitlock 80.87	6
	Daniel Larsson 87.30		6				Daniel Larsson 68.15	2
											4	Whitlock 96.09	6
	Michael Hurtz 78.77		1
												Aspinall 91.71	3
						13	Dave Chisnall 97.74	2
	Nathan Aspinall 97.20		6				Nathan Aspinall 89.20	6
																										1	van Gerwen 111.00	6
	Bernd Roith 94.63		3
																										14	Cross 93.38	3
						2	Peter Wright 96.74	2
	Ronny Huybrechts 91.38		6				Ronny Huybrechts 96.40	6
											R. Huybrechts 86.33		0
	Zoran Lerchbacher 89.56		3
											van der Voort 96.97		6
						15	Mervyn King 99.54	5
	Vincent van der Voort 88.62		6				Vincent van der Voort 101.07	6
																	van der Voort 90.24	5
	Andrew Gilding 84.88		2
																10	van de Pas 84.78	6
						7	Alan Norris 75.45	3
	Darren Webster 101.13		6				Darren Webster 83.35	6
												Webster 92.46	2
	Ryan Meikle 96.14		5
											10	van de Pas 94.81	6
						10	Benito van de Pas 97.94	6
	Jamie Caven 86.37		6				Jamie Caven 92.72	2
																					10	van de Pas 95.85	3
	Max Hopp 81.19		4
																					14	Cross 102.87	6
						6	Daryl Gurney 97.96	6
	Keegan Brown 88.16		6				Keegan Brown 88.70	1
											6	Gurney 92.41	5
	James Richardson 87.55		2
											11	White 94.37	6
						11	Ian White 95.42	6
	Jermaine Wattimena 87.49		6				Jermaine Wattimena 96.70	4
																11	White 96.14	2
	Michael Plooy 83.21		4
																14	Cross 105.89	6
						3	Mensur Suljović 87.52	6
	Mick McGowan 94.85		6				Mick McGowan 79.53	1
											3	Suljović 92.39	2
	Martin Schindler 94.69		3
											14	Cross 109.10	6
						14	Rob Cross 103.81	6
	Jan Dekker 87.04		6				Jan Dekker 97.98	3
	Mickey Mansell 92.14		3